Babbling, certainly. I literally can't figure out what this sentence is supposed to mean: "All due respect for 95 regular-season victories and an impressive September sprint to a division title, it would not be unreasonable to hypothesize that these 2012 Yankees could be headed in the direction against championship parade traffic."

And, I've never had a chance to see this Miguel Cabrera guy... first Triple Crown winner since Yaz in 1967.

That's one hell of a season.

.330 44 HR 139 RBI

My sons and I got to see him play the Twins on the last weekend of the season. He knocked one out that day to get himself back in the lead. The boys liked that, but they liked the grand slam by Ryan Doumit of the Twins even better.

I'm guessing A-Rod will take a long vacation somewhere other than NYC.

The look on the Yankees all through game four was "Is it off season yet?" I've hated the Yankees for forty years but this team is not even any fun to hate. I guess it's a relief for them to be pathetic for a while. I won't enjoy hating them if they stay pathetic.

I'm a Red Sox fan, and I've been reading a lot of the whining about how the Yankees are old. Sort of, but not really. Jeter and Rivera are old but still performing at an All-Star level. ARod seems to be on the downside, and stick a fork in Pettitte. Raul so cool and Ichiro are old, but still can play, and were meant more to be bench/platoon players.

BUT, otherwise they are not so old. Cano. Granderson. Texeira. Swisher. Sabathia. A lot of their studs are in their 20s and early 30s, prime years for baseball players. Their problem is not so much the age, but a couple of key injuries and somehow forgetting how to hit in the playoffs.

This is a team that lived on the homerun this year. It's like a basketball team that focuses on 3-pointers, or a football team that is a one-dimensional passing team. Take away that aspect of the team, and they become very beatable. That was the Yankees' problem this year, not so much the age.